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CVE-2009-2655

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling the JavaScript findText method with a crafted Unicode string in the first argument, and only one additional argument, as demonstrated by a second argument of -1.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 7, 8

References

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9253
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35799
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52249
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12700
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9253
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35799
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52249
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12700

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